Cleaning Metal Filtering Screens

[Beacon Woods]

How does one go about this? I let the bees clean up the two metal screens that I use to filter the "stuff" out of the spring honey. Finally, I got around to cleaning the screens but the sun seems to have melted the wax into the teeny tiny spaces in the screens (both the course and the fine). I scraped and soaked with hot soapy water and that did help some but not enough. What's the trick? Is it useless? Do I need to order new ones? Thanks!

Chris

[Curtis]

Clean wax off with COLD water, clean honey off with HOT water. At this point you will have to boil it several times to remove wax.
Good Luck
Curtis

[Beacon Woods]

Ah... I knew there was a trick. What if I put it in the freezer?

[Putz]

Maybe freeze it and then wire brush it, see if the wax will chip out and off that way. Might have to boil it submerged in water.

[odfrank]

Hot pressure washer, or very hot water from a nozzle.

[DChap]

If they will fit in the oven set them upside down on a baking sheet covered with paper towel, set the oven on warm. It will get warm enough to melt the wax but not burn the paper.

Blessed bee
Doug